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because with the first presidential debate coming up wednesday, governor romney and president obama will be gearing up for a fight. that's a good thing. we still need the debates. it's a so krat i can sem nor of sorts for the country having the candidates stand behind their podiums forced to answer for nair proposals. we get to see how the ideas stand up under questioning before you decide. at least for some of us, before we vote. here with me today is msnbc c contributor for the blog. latino.com's victoria did he francesco soto. she's a fellow at the university of texas. jam al simpsons and indicate en dawson and gop sharm. thanks for being here. >> thank up. >>> it's going to be october, last month, final push, debates. what are we going to see in the debates in. >> you don't see the two of these people standing on the stage, used their practice lines. studying up. we haven't seen much of mitt romney on the campaign trail. he's been studying for this. >> you think that's what he's been doing, studying, not fundraising? >> totally, he's been studying. he's got to make something work in
because with the first presidential debate coming up wednesday, governor romney and president obama will be gearing up for a fight. that's a good thing. we still need the debates. it's a so krat i can sem nor of sorts for the country having the candidates stand behind their podiums forced to answer for nair proposals. we get to see how the ideas stand up under questioning before you decide. at least for some of us, before we vote. here with me today is msnbc c contributor for the blog....
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let's go. >>> yesterday, presidential hopeful mitt romney was in is enter of mormon country, salt lake, utah, and here he is with fellow mormon orrin hatch on the campaign trail in the state, but the shared religion belief is not something that the romney campaign would want us to focus on, and why is that? why is the mormon thing seen as a problem for the romney camp, it is in fact a drag on the chances of getting to the white house? and should it be? with me is the spencer phlewman, and joanna and matt visor from the "boston globe," and also our panelist from the assistant professor of columbia university. is this mormonism important to the race? >> well, it is important in that his family is deeply intertwined with the church. he played a prominent role in the mormon church in massachusetts. it is an important part of who the core is and the family and he and his wife share that faith. so to understand mitt romney it is important. >> el we, there well, there is moment at the rnc convention where barack obama's was from chicago, and bill clinton's from hope, arkansas, and there is a
let's go. >>> yesterday, presidential hopeful mitt romney was in is enter of mormon country, salt lake, utah, and here he is with fellow mormon orrin hatch on the campaign trail in the state, but the shared religion belief is not something that the romney campaign would want us to focus on, and why is that? why is the mormon thing seen as a problem for the romney camp, it is in fact a drag on the chances of getting to the white house? and should it be? with me is the spencer phlewman,...
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when presidential candidates want to speak to young people, they go back to school, and preferably to colleges and universities in key battleground states like ohio's otterbind university where mitt romney was a guest lecturer in front of a group of seniors. >> if you want to get serious about not passing on massive debt to you guys, your generation, this is not a lot of time that you think about, student loans, but in addition to the student loans, you should understand the federal loans you have got. >> the former governor played hours before a house vote approving the republican-backed bill to extend the current interest rates on federally subsidized student loans. >> we believe that we shouldn't put stubdents at risk and that their interest rates should not go up. so we developed this solution to the problem. >> this is the latest in the political play that was both parties vying for the title of savior of the students. it began with president obama taking the student loan act on the road. he went to campuses in north carolina and iowa and all of the swing states he carried in 200
when presidential candidates want to speak to young people, they go back to school, and preferably to colleges and universities in key battleground states like ohio's otterbind university where mitt romney was a guest lecturer in front of a group of seniors. >> if you want to get serious about not passing on massive debt to you guys, your generation, this is not a lot of time that you think about, student loans, but in addition to the student loans, you should understand the federal loans...
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pick, former governor mitt romney. he has so share the spotlight with one unexpected guest crashing the party. tropical storm isaac. it is expected to dump heavy rains and wind on the more than 50,000 people gathered for convention at the tampa bay times forum. isaac is responsible for republicans deciding to convene the convention on monday and then suspend activity until tuesday afternoon. we'll have an update for you on the path of the storm in a few moments. the storm is an unwanted and rare piece of unmanufacturered trauma at this week's event. modern day presidential conventions are highly chor choreogra choreographed, carefully planned affairs, and the actual nominating part is another prop in the political theater. the challenge to incumbent gerald ford, the last time in u.s. history there was ever any real suspense over who would be a party's nominee. now that nominee is settled on during the primary process, conventions are about something else entirely. first, a lot of pomp and circumstance. more importantly
pick, former governor mitt romney. he has so share the spotlight with one unexpected guest crashing the party. tropical storm isaac. it is expected to dump heavy rains and wind on the more than 50,000 people gathered for convention at the tampa bay times forum. isaac is responsible for republicans deciding to convene the convention on monday and then suspend activity until tuesday afternoon. we'll have an update for you on the path of the storm in a few moments. the storm is an unwanted and...
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many of governor romney's statements. but perhaps the efforts were in vein as conservative king maker, karl rove pointed out alleging that romney is a serial deceiver is a hard sell. mr. romney came across last week as practical, thoughtful, authentic and a straight shooter. in fact, romney is betting on voters not being outraged by lies. he's making the sure bet that the electorate takes a bit of dishonesty with their election. like sugar with your medicine. that might explain the explosion of fact checking sites. for one, the pulitzer prize win poe lit a fact.com. the truth omter. even truth is on the spectrum. the top of the list of mostly true, half true and mostly false on their meter is a hard-and-fast definition of political truth. a true statement is true if it's accurate and there's nothing significant missing. while i rely on this work, i lament the loss of the shared understanding of knowledge. we need the collective belief that meeting point of communication. language has served that purpose. that shared threa
many of governor romney's statements. but perhaps the efforts were in vein as conservative king maker, karl rove pointed out alleging that romney is a serial deceiver is a hard sell. mr. romney came across last week as practical, thoughtful, authentic and a straight shooter. in fact, romney is betting on voters not being outraged by lies. he's making the sure bet that the electorate takes a bit of dishonesty with their election. like sugar with your medicine. that might explain the explosion of...
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it's really quite tight in the presidential race, but then the romney campaign just pulled out their folks. we're at 47%, 4 % with the president with a bit of a lead, but that goes back and forth depending on the polls, and you have the romney campaign pulling their people out focussing on ohio as though to say we've got this covered in north carolina. can one of these races impact the other? >> they certainly can. there are instances of that. i that i that there's a good argument, for example, that in ohio in 2008, that was the difference in the presidential election was the winner of that race, and it was quite close in ohio. that having -- this isn't quite a down ballot race, but a down ballot issue. the gay marriage amendment there may have raised turnout enough to give the election to the republicans. i had a student that did a senior thesis for me. he was an ohioan, and he looked closely into this, and he made a pretty strong case that that was what the difference was. now, we can certainly see that with especially gubernatorial races as well. >> who are these people? who are t
it's really quite tight in the presidential race, but then the romney campaign just pulled out their folks. we're at 47%, 4 % with the president with a bit of a lead, but that goes back and forth depending on the polls, and you have the romney campaign pulling their people out focussing on ohio as though to say we've got this covered in north carolina. can one of these races impact the other? >> they certainly can. there are instances of that. i that i that there's a good argument, for...
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so far obama for america outspent the romney campaign by more than two to one. that's just on the tv. but there's another airwave raging. and that's the radio airwaves. radio ads may be particularly influential in the last days of the 2012 presidential campaign because they have the ability to priek micro target voters at a low cost. for those who haven't turned on the barrage of tv ads, radio can sometimes captivate the ought jens. >> joining me is joe madison, known as the black eagle who can be heard every weekday morning coast to coast on sirius xm satellite raid ydiradio. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you for the acclaim. >> joe, i want to play an ad for you, a radio ad for you. i had this claim that radio is a little bit freer space. people can say things on radio that they wouldn't necessarily say on television. it's called black men vote. >> they think he's dumb, lazy and the best food stamp president ever. it's disrespect. it's not right. and if they think these things about president obama, can you imagine how dumb this president is? what do th
so far obama for america outspent the romney campaign by more than two to one. that's just on the tv. but there's another airwave raging. and that's the radio airwaves. radio ads may be particularly influential in the last days of the 2012 presidential campaign because they have the ability to priek micro target voters at a low cost. for those who haven't turned on the barrage of tv ads, radio can sometimes captivate the ought jens. >> joining me is joe madison, known as the black eagle...
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mitt romney needs 79. let's take a look at presidential polls. this is the latest nbc news wall street marist poll of three of the states holding the yellow gumballs, ohio, virginia and florida. in both florida and virginia, president obama leads romney by five points among voters. 49% to 44%. in ohio, the president leads by seven points, 52-43. if the election were held today and they voted the way the polls predicted, the total electoral votes president obama would win from those three states, florida, ohio, and virginia, that would equal 60 more electoral votes. that is almost double the 33 votes he needs to win. a win in any of the other would just be icing on the president's victory cake. of course, the election is not being held today. there are more than seven weeks to go and three debates before the elections. the polls also reveal that most people have already made up their minds about how they are going to vote. numbers are not looking good for mitt romney. neither is the news. governor romney has spent the election trying to convince u
mitt romney needs 79. let's take a look at presidential polls. this is the latest nbc news wall street marist poll of three of the states holding the yellow gumballs, ohio, virginia and florida. in both florida and virginia, president obama leads romney by five points among voters. 49% to 44%. in ohio, the president leads by seven points, 52-43. if the election were held today and they voted the way the polls predicted, the total electoral votes president obama would win from those three...
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of the presidential campaign is already getting heated a wnd , and we he months to go, and in "strategy talk" we will talk about how it is going to shape up. and the best in politics including rachel maddow telling us about the plastic soldier on the cover of the best selling new book. all of that is at the top of the hour, and now melissa, back the you. >> it is hot in election, and this is joy for the rest of us who cover this. >> and where do we go from here? >> and it is better and better and like the edwards' trial. thanks, craig. up next from dealing drugs to visiting the white house. one young man's remarkable journey of personal growth. he is our foot soldier. >>> mariah is the founder of zit citrus lane. customers sign up for a skrupgs and once a month get a surprise package of baby products. i stead of hiring someone, she did her own market research, focus groups, testing and surveys to fine-tune her products and packaging. if you're one of those folks who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... well, shoot, that's like checking on your burgers after they're burnt! [ m
of the presidential campaign is already getting heated a wnd , and we he months to go, and in "strategy talk" we will talk about how it is going to shape up. and the best in politics including rachel maddow telling us about the plastic soldier on the cover of the best selling new book. all of that is at the top of the hour, and now melissa, back the you. >> it is hot in election, and this is joy for the rest of us who cover this. >> and where do we go from here? >>...
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most americans look at the vice presidential debate and say i'm still going to vote for romney or the president. unless there's a game changer like a sarah palin moment. that's not going to happen on thursday. i go back to my original point. these are two very smart people sticking to the talking points. at the end of the day, now what ryan does do for the ticket is he energizes the base on the republican side. also remember back in 2008 that joe biden and barack obama were not friends. this was a political marriage of convenience. joe biden was -- >> he has come to love him. >> understandably so. same thing with dick cheney and george w. bush. just psychologically it's like dick cheney was the grandfather that's been around for a couple times. back to romney. the question is, whether or not vice president biden will make a gaffe or if congressman ryan will say something that's so outlandish like the 47% that would be a game changer. that most likely won't happen. >> like the 30% he's already said? >> that doesn't -- >> it feels to me like the issue is do no harm. the question, the ga
most americans look at the vice presidential debate and say i'm still going to vote for romney or the president. unless there's a game changer like a sarah palin moment. that's not going to happen on thursday. i go back to my original point. these are two very smart people sticking to the talking points. at the end of the day, now what ryan does do for the ticket is he energizes the base on the republican side. also remember back in 2008 that joe biden and barack obama were not friends. this...
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season, but it was canceled after romney and santorum declined to participate. as common place as televised debates have seemed these past ten months there wasn't long ago there wasn't any. in 1960, the face of american politics changed, the first televised presidential debate. from the vault this week, a look behind the scenes as the candidates tried to grasp this powerful new medium. >> what is the cut means, that's out, five seconds? >> get out gracefully. >> what i mean is, you want to quit quickly? >> we think when you see 30 seconds -- >> all right. >> then howard we'll give you a few seconds over the cut, then -- >> sure. sure. >> come on! >> hear me now speaking, is that about the right tone of voice? >> audience at home saw a big difference between the makeup wearing telegenic snootor john f. kennedy and the stiff and sweaty vice president richard nixon. the televised viewers were sure kennedy came out ahead. but those who listened on the radio, nixon seemed to win. the kennedy/nixon debate marks the point where television became the dominating medium i
season, but it was canceled after romney and santorum declined to participate. as common place as televised debates have seemed these past ten months there wasn't long ago there wasn't any. in 1960, the face of american politics changed, the first televised presidential debate. from the vault this week, a look behind the scenes as the candidates tried to grasp this powerful new medium. >> what is the cut means, that's out, five seconds? >> get out gracefully. >> what i mean...
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from montana. >> and west virginia democrat joe manchin said he had reservations of voting for mitt romney or president obama, so here is the thing, being below the ballot of the president may be a drag or a lift for some candidates, but for voters the ballot races are much more important than the race for the white house. here to discuss all politics being local are msnbc host alex wagner, and msnbc contributor robert trainim and also the director of the press secretary for the democratic congressional contribute doug thornel and rebecca traister as well. and so, that is where the real action is the gubernatorial election and so where are the important races? >> well, it depends on the states, because in massachusetts and utah, it is vanilla, but in virginia and other states and ohio, it matters. when it comes the gay marriage, that really matters. when it comes to propositions in california, that really matters so again, it depends on the state. both of to senators saidç something interesting if i'm jon tester in montana and i'm running in 2012 i'm scared and very, very scared, and it
from montana. >> and west virginia democrat joe manchin said he had reservations of voting for mitt romney or president obama, so here is the thing, being below the ballot of the president may be a drag or a lift for some candidates, but for voters the ballot races are much more important than the race for the white house. here to discuss all politics being local are msnbc host alex wagner, and msnbc contributor robert trainim and also the director of the press secretary for the...
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this is going to insure mitt romney becomes president, which reveals the motivation behind this. it's terrible. >> not about voter fraud, but about changing the outcome. >> never voter fraud as my eight years as governor and we had two very contentious presidential elections. pennsylvania comes down to two parts of the state. two battlegrounds if you talk about battleground, one, the philadelphia suburbs, where democrats have been winning the last five presidential elections. we used to lose the philadelphia area big. win philadelphia bigger, but the philadelphia suburbs was the key battleground. in the last five elections, democrats have made inroads, and the last three, we carried philadelphia suburbs. they used to be heavy republican registration. still republican overall, not nearly as heavy. the old mitt romney would have been a great candidate in the philadelphia suburbs. >> governor mitt romney, massachusetts. >> has he gone so far to the right, that he lost a chance to get mod rails republicans and independents in the philly suburbs. go to the 12 southwestern pennsylvania
this is going to insure mitt romney becomes president, which reveals the motivation behind this. it's terrible. >> not about voter fraud, but about changing the outcome. >> never voter fraud as my eight years as governor and we had two very contentious presidential elections. pennsylvania comes down to two parts of the state. two battlegrounds if you talk about battleground, one, the philadelphia suburbs, where democrats have been winning the last five presidential elections. we...
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mitt romney, the engine and experience to turn around washington. >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> our interest in presidential physiques is nothing new. back in when taft was president, a tabloid has to be pried loose by his advisers. the story has stuck and is now a presidential legend, but why run a fat joke about a president? what do bodies have to do with our politics? well, the answer is, a lot. taft enemies wanted to make him look pitiful and incompetent, so they created the nature of a bareneighborhood president needing the help of his advisers. romney wanted to see strong and capable, thus we see him running. but let's be fair, congressman ryan's focus on fit sns the result of the tragic loss of his father and others in his family, losses that happened prematurely due to heart attacks, but the p90x thing is cultivated a certain image of control. the 7% body fat paul ryan is in total control of his body. and he would like to be in control of yours, too. ever since paul ryan joined mitt romney's ticket as his vp choice, there has been a nonstop discussion of bodi
mitt romney, the engine and experience to turn around washington. >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> our interest in presidential physiques is nothing new. back in when taft was president, a tabloid has to be pried loose by his advisers. the story has stuck and is now a presidential legend, but why run a fat joke about a president? what do bodies have to do with our politics? well, the answer is, a lot. taft enemies wanted to make him look pitiful and incompetent, so...
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. >>> if the thought of mitt romney as president makes you nervous, how become some of the folks that he's considering as his vice president. that's actually there. we're going to take a pop quiz on vice presidential hopefuls when we come back. [ female announcer ] chair climbing isn't a professional sport, but it takes real effort and pampers cruisers with 3-way fit. they adapt at the waist, legs, and bottom for up to 12 hours of protection. play freely in pampers cruisers. let's compare. germ party! eww! now the colgate total mouth. nice! [ female announcer ] colgate total fights 90% more plaque germs. i'm in. [ female announcer ] colgate total. less germs. healthier mouth. then don't get nickle and dimed by high cost investments and annoying account fees. at e-trade, our free easy-to-use online tools and experienced retirement specialists can help you build a personalized plan. and with our no annual fee iras and a wide range of low cost investments, you can execute the plan you want at a low cost. so meet with us, or go to etrade.com for a great retirement plan with low cost inves
. >>> if the thought of mitt romney as president makes you nervous, how become some of the folks that he's considering as his vice president. that's actually there. we're going to take a pop quiz on vice presidential hopefuls when we come back. [ female announcer ] chair climbing isn't a professional sport, but it takes real effort and pampers cruisers with 3-way fit. they adapt at the waist, legs, and bottom for up to 12 hours of protection. play freely in pampers cruisers. let's...